Category: Travel

This morning I visited a historical site that once set the stage for the last try-out before real state colonialism started. It was here, on this beach in the South of the Canary Island of Lanzarote, that the Norman conquerors Juan de Bethencourt and Gadifer de la Salle landed in 1402. Close to the shoreline they built a castle and...

Last week I came back home to my family in The Hague from a semester as a World Fellow at Yale University. I did not yet share anything of that experience on this blog. In early December I was asked to take Instagram photos throughout one day on campus to give an idea of what a day at Yale looks...

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3 hours agoby alexanderverbeek16 October 2017 Autumn colours on my way home. This afternoon I had meetings at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the nearby Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). When I left, I passed these trees in a small park that normally are not noted by anyone. But I remembered from last year how beautiful the colours developed in Autumn. How are the trees colouring this season where you live? .…

2 weeks agoby alexanderverbeekThis picture should have been posted a few places back in this gallery. I took it in late September on the western coastline of the island Schouwen Duiveland. This stretch of beach was practically deserted. I enjoyed the solitude that I looked for in those days and I would like to share this with all of you who can imagine themselves sitting at this spot looking out over the sea.…

3 weeks agoby alexanderverbeekI remember driving here with my car, but some twenty years ago the road was removed and this area was given back to nature. Now there is only a bicycle path and sometimes you meet hikers, cows, horses and always all kinds of birds (I recently saw a stork at this spot). There is now a new road that connects Renesse with Burgh-Haamstede, not in the dunes and nature, but…

4 weeks agoby alexanderverbeekA beautiful sunrise in the Netherlands. On my way to UNESCO-IHE in Delft, to speak on climate change and security.

4 weeks agoby alexanderverbeekTwo days in Brussels. Yesterday, I gave a speech on the impact of climate change on security. Today is for meetings. This church in the evening light was the first thing I saw of Brussels when I arrived on Sunday late afternoon and left the underground world of the metro.

1 month agoby alexanderverbeek14 September 2017 On my way to a reception at the Town Hall in Stockholm. The end of a day at the beautiful 'Artipelag' where I participated in a conference about cities and security. I hope to find time to make a video impression of this day.

1 month agoby alexanderverbeekSweden 13 September 2017 On my way to the old town of Stockholm. I took this one as an HDR picture because there were dark clouds while there was still sun on the houses. Looking at the end result I guess the normal mode would have been a better choice, this is a bit too dramatic. What do you think?